George Howorth
Alexander Hamilton
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 USD
Price realised: 163.800 USD
Price realised: 163.800 USD
Description
The Passion of American Collectors:
Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman
George Howorth
1805 – 1864
Alexander Hamilton
oil on canvas
31 by 25 1/8 inches
(78.7 by 63.8 cm)
Painted circa 1853.
Mercantile Library Association of Boston, circa 1853 (commissioned from the artist) | (probably) Macbeth Galleries, New York | Stephen C. Clark, Sr., New York | Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York (gift from the above; sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 23, 2017, lot 24) | Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman
George Howorth
1805 – 1864
Alexander Hamilton
oil on canvas
31 by 25 1/8 inches
(78.7 by 63.8 cm)
Painted circa 1853.
Mercantile Library Association of Boston, circa 1853 (commissioned from the artist) | (probably) Macbeth Galleries, New York | Stephen C. Clark, Sr., New York | Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York (gift from the above; sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 23, 2017, lot 24) | Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
A top price for George Howorth
This artwork by George Howorth achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in December 2020. In the American Art auction, the work Alexander Hamilton sold for USD 163,800.00 (€ 133,932.95) - well above the upper estimate of USD 70,000.00. This high result makes Alexander Hamilton the most expensive artwork by George Howorth that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für George Howorth
Dieses Kunstwerk von George Howorth erzielte im Dezember 2020 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Art wurde die Arbeit Alexander Hamilton für USD 163.800,00 (€ 133.932,95) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 70.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Alexander Hamilton zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von George Howorth, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
George Howorth - Auction history
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